Oil-burning stove



A. E. JAMES OIL BURNING STOVE June 21, 1927. 1,632,971

File ct. 22. 1926 2 Sheets-Sheet '1 figll- Witnes es: Jm/emor:

1,632,971 June 21, 1927. A. E. JAMES OIL BURNING STOVE Filed Oct. 22. 1926 z Sheets-Sheet 2 Witnesses: JnVen tor;

Patented June 21, 1927.

UNITED STATES ALBERT JAMES OF A 1,632,971 PATENT OFF-ICE.

NArcIIEz, MISSISSIPPI.

OIL-BURNING s'rovn.

Application filed October 22, 1926. Serial No. 143,478.

My invention relates to improvement in the construction and arrangement of the pipes that conduct oil from the'fuel-tank ing a stove-leveling float-actuated indicator,

third, to provide means for convenient removal and reassembling of the main oilconveying pipes as a unit; fourth, to facilitate removal of accumulations in the sediment chamber.

I attain these objects by the means illustrated in the accompanying drawings, in which I have shown two types of oil-burn- 2 ing stoves incorporating my improvement. My invention is not, however, limited to the types shown for purposes of illustration, but may assume other forms.

Figure 1 is a front view of a type of stove that must be accurately leveled that each of the burners may be accurately regulated in accord with the marked dials 15, 15, 15", by

, means of the movable indicator handles 16, 16 16, the height of flame being controlled by elevating or lowering the individual burners.

Figure 2 is a vertical sectional view of an upper portion of member 9, Fig. 1, showing the members housed therein.

Fi ure 3 illustrates another type of stove which the burners are stationary, being detachably mounted directly upon the feed pipe 8.

The designating numerals in Figures 1 40 and 3 are disposed in orderly progression to facilitate descriptive reference, similar numerals in Figure 2 indicating corresponding parts.

In my improved construction I have taken advantage of the fact that when two or more receptacles containing oil and a heavier than oil fluid, such as water, are properly connected by tubes or pipes, the heavier fluid will accumulate in the lowest receptacle, and I have so arranged the receptacles that the lower one 5, Figures 1 and 3, is disposed between the fuel-tank 1 and the smaller pipe 8 to which the burners 13, 13*, 13 are connected, which house the wicks (not shown) which are so injured when water enters the burners that it is necessary to replace them with dry wicks before the stove can be oper-' ated successfully again.

members 5 and 8 is a stand-pipe 9 which extends vertically, as shown in Fig. 1, to a point just below the stove-top. The height" of this stand-pipe is important, as it should extend some distance above the normal oillevel to prevent overflow of oil at its top when the tank end of the stove is raised, as

Attached-to and in communication with I a careless servant may sometime do, in mov )iflng the stove when cleaning the kitchen oor.

Housed within 9 at its upper end is a float 10 and indicator 12, a cap 11 being used to close the top of 9 and to act as a guide for the wire used to connect the float and indicator, as shown. Member 4 is a threaded pipe union attaching member 3 to member 5, and'when disconnected and the burners are detached from member 8, allows of removal from the stove of members 5, 8 and 9 as an assembled unit, greatly facilitating the cleaning of these members, and insures correct positioning of the burners when reassembled, which might not be the case were member 8 detached and taken out separately. Numeral 6, Figs. 1 and 3, indicates a drippa-n placed below the burners and fuel-distributing pipe to catch the oil in case leaks occur, and 7 indicates a removable pipe plug to facilitate cleaning out the sediment chamher 5.

In operation, my invention greatly facilitates the necessary leveling of the stove, that oil may be supplied at equal height ineach of the burners 13, 13 13 This is accomplished after the filled fuel-tank 1 is placed in position on the sub-tank 2 and oil has reached its level, shown by air bubbles ceasto agitate the oil in 1. Then by raising either the right or left end of the stove as required until the indicator 12 just clears the cap 11, this heretofore troublesome task is easily accomplished. Screws arranged in the lower end of the stove-legs may be used for adjusting the height. I

I preferably employ as a sediment chamher the pipe 5 of approximately three times the fluid capacity of the feed-pipe 8 in general use. It is evident, however, that a sediment chamber of other form, materials and construction may be positioned at any point between the fuel-tank and the burners that will admit of proper attachment. I, therefore, do not wish to be'limited to the form shown, but wish to includew-ithin the scope of this application all those formsof my invention that are in harmony with its spirit. Figure 3 shows a stove equipped;

with my sediment chamber, but without the stand-pipe 9 and float-actuated stove-level-j ing indicator, ascertain types or stoves do i not require very accurate leveling.

What I claim as new and desire to secure by Letters Patent is:

1. The icomblnation in an oil-burning stove of a closed; end horizontally disposed fuel distributing pipe, having a downturned end, one or more burners in detachable communication with "said distributing 'pipe, :a

sedimentchamber of tubular form horizontallydisposed belowsaid fuel pipe and secured to and in free'communication with said downturned end, a detachable conduit connecting one endof said sedimentchamher with source of fuel supply, and a removable threaded plug closing the free end of said sediment chamber,substantia1ly as shown and described;

2. "Inan oil-burning stove, a removable unit composed of a horizontally disposed 'fuel distributing pipe having aclosed free end a and having its opposite end downturned, a sedimentchamber of tubular form horizontally disposed below said. fuel? pipe and secured to and, in vfree communication substantially as shown andndescribedf .In witness whereof I have hereuntojsub scribed my name. i 1

ALBERTE. JAMES; 

